Performing Arts
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Best Bets: Raging Waves opens for the season SaturdayMay 31, 2022 6:00 am - Top pick Splash town Raging Waves, billed as the largest water park in Illinois, reopens Saturday for the start of its 15th season at 4000 N. Bridge St., Yorkville. $29....
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Amateurs strut their stuff on NBC's 'Dancing With Myself'May 29, 2022 7:30 am - NBC's "Dancing With Myself" isn't necessarily all about skill. But it can be a distinct advantage. That's the take-away from the eight-episode competition series that pr...
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Spotlight: 'Late Nite Catechism,' 'Little Mermaid' and 'Mamma Mia!' return to the stageMay 27, 2022 6:00 am - 'Late Nite' deal Chicago-area theater veteran and Dominican University faculty member Rose Guccione takes on the role of the cantankerous Sister in a special anniversary...
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Singing about suffrage, and thinking about current struggles
May 26, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Phillipa Soo says she noticed a change in the audience immediately. News had just dropped of the Supreme Court's leaked draft opinion that would overturn...
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Judith Svalander celebrates 50 years with Festival of Dance June 4-5May 25, 2022 11:00 pm - The curtains will open to a stellar scene in the grand classical style of days gone by as the 50th anniversary of celebration gets underway for the Judith Svalander Scho...
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Best Bets: DuPage Community Arts Festival debuts in WheatonMay 24, 2022 6:00 am - Arts aplenty Local visual artists and bands like The Ides of March, featuring Jim Peterik, Ralph Covert and The Bad Examples, The Orbert Davis Quintet and more will be p...
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New DuPage Community Arts Festival coming to WheatonMay 24, 2022 5:00 am - Saying that the arts are an integral part of the community, a DuPage County Board member has spearheaded the creation of a new performing arts festival. "For us to come ...
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Suburban students win state high school musical awardsMay 24, 2022 1:00 am - Broadway in Chicago has named four suburban students as winners and runners-up in the 11th Annual Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards. Regan Wright of Elmhurst w...
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'Kids on Stage' returns to Village Theatre GuildMay 23, 2022 11:00 pm - Village Theatre Guild in Glen Ellyn turns the spotlight back on the next generation of actors with the return of its long-running program "Kids on Stage" this summer. C...
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Actor Angela Lansbury to receive a special Tony Award